Photo taken on Aug. 26, 2014 shows an explosion caused by missile from an Israeli airstrike targeted the house of Palestinian senior Islamic Jihad leader Nafez Azzam in the southern Gaza Strip City of Rafah. A ceasefire came into effect on Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT), after an agreement, brokered by Egypt, reached between Israel and the Palestinian factions, including Hamas movement. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)

GAZA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A new Gaza ceasefire came into effect on Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT), after an agreement, brokered by Egypt, reached between Israel and the Palestinian factions, including Hamas movement.

At 7:00 p.m. militants intensively fired into the air celebrating what mosques announced on loudspeakers that the Palestinian resistance has made a victory. Cars in the streets turned its front lights on and drivers pressed on the horns of their cars.Full story